Snap-hook.



No. 652,885. Patented July 3, I900.

G. W. BROWN.

SNAP HOOK.

(Application filed Sept. 6, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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A UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE W. BRQWN, OF HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,88 5, dated July 3,1900.

Application filed September 1899. Serial No. 729,652. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hot Springs, in the county of Garland and State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hooks, more especially of thatcharacter adapted for use on tug and draft connections, whiffietrees,and in other connections where a hook is required which can be easilyand quickly connected or disconnected and which when connected is notliable to accidental disconnection.

The objects of the invention are to produce an improved hook of theabove-named character which will embody the advantages and remedy thedefects of known hooks used for similar purposes; to produce a hook ofvery simple construction and of the minimum number of parts; toproduceahook, particularly easy to operate, which will be free from theobjection incident to so many different hooks of being easilydisconnected accidentally; to devise a hook which will perunit draft onthe ring or link with which it is connected in practically any directionwithout danger of disconnection of the ring or link from the hook, andto generally improve, simplify, and cheapen the construction of suchhooks.

With such objects in view my invention'is embodied in the novelconstruction, arrange- 1nent,'and combination of the several parts, ashereinafter fully described, and particularly. set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a practical embodimentof my invention, but desire it to be understood thatI do not limit theimprovements in their useful applications to the particular constructiontherein shown for the sake of better understanding of the invention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hook, illustratingthe invention and showing by dotted lines different positions book maybe connnected to a draft connection or the like. At the forward end ofthe shank or body portion A the metal of the hook is bent or turned toform a comparativelylarge substantially semicircular bent or curvedportion, (indicated at B.) From this portion 13 extends rearwardly toabout the end of the body portion a bill or beak portion 0, which liessubstantially parallel with the body portion and is preferably slightlycurved or bowed outwardly or away from the body portion A. The hill 0 isprovided at its rear end with a short return or hooked portion orextension D, which lies substantially half-way between the bill and bodyin order to leave space between the extension and the body for thepassage of a link or ring and to provide a bent or curved portion E,joining .the extension to the bill to receive the ring.

Secured in a suitable manner to the extension D is a forwardly-extendingyielding or spring tongue F, which forms practically a springcontinuation of the extension D. The tongue is shown as being insertedin a slit (Z in the end of the extension and having a rivet d passingtherethrough. Projecting from the body or shank A, just rearward of theend of the spring-tongue F, is astop portion or shoulder G, spanning thespace between the shank and the tongue.

Fig. 1 it will be seen that the ring can occupy either of the positionsindicated by dotted lines and numerous intermediate positions and havestrain placed thereon without danger of becoming disengaged from thehook.

It is therefore evident that the various positions which the hook orring may assume in the use thereof need cause no fear of thedisengagement of the hook and ring, with the consequent inconvenienceand danger. To release the ring from the hook, it is simply necessary tomove the same against the stop G and press the ring slightly against theprojecting end of the spring-tongue, when it will slip past or over thestop and over the hooked end of the bill.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a hook comprising a shank, a billhaving a return part provided with a yielding tongue continuation, lyingbetween said shank and bill and contacting with a part on said shank,said shank havinga stop-shoulder with which a ring when on the hook isadapted to engage, whereby the accidental displacement of the ring isprevented.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a hook comprising a shank, a billextending from the forward portion of the shank rearwardly and having arigid return extension intermediate the shank and bill and spaced fromthe shank, a spring-tongue secured to said extension and projectingforwardly between the shank and bill, and a stop-lug on the shankrearward of the forward end of said spring-tongue and on which saidspring-tongue rests, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE 7. BROWN.

\Vitnesses:

AUG. E. TORRENCE, JAI R. HENDERSON.

